Cap strip gauge



NOV; 16, 1948. w s, UR 2,453,863

CAP STRIP GAUGE Filed Dec. 4, 1944 INVENTOR I MLMCE'JJQUJJaeY ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 16, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CAP STRIP GAUGEWallace S. Salisbury, Sharon, Wis.

Application December 4, 1944, Serial No. 566,512

This invention relates to a cap strip gauge. It is common to finish theedges of linoleum and the like with a cap strip, usually made of metal.Where, as in conventional modern practice, the linoleum or the like isturned at the floor line to extend upwardly on the adjacent wall surfaceor baseboard, it becomes a diflicult matter to simultaneously gauge andsupport the cap strip which is to finish the upper edge.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a novel and simplegauge which is preferably demountably constructed to be carriedconveniently in a tool kit or otherwise, and which provides means fornot only gauging the height of the cap strip from the floor, but alsofor the support i the cap strip pendin itshconnection to thewallJflidgaugfiiS being preferably desighed to slide within the capstrip to support it at progressively advanced points.

Other objects of the invention will appear more particularly from thefollowing disclosure thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a simple embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective on a reduced scale showing the device inuse.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view in cross section showing a portionof my improved gauge in its operative relation to a portion of the capstrip.

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a portion of a modified embodiment ofthe invention.

Like parts are designated with the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

It will, of course, be understood that wide variation in the details ofthe invention is possible and the present disclosure is merely by way ofexemplification.- The base 5, in the simplest form of the invention, maycomprise simply a block of wood provided at 6 with a kerf in which aremovable wooden upright or standard 1 is frictionally retained. Theupright 1 has a vertical slot at 8 and is spanned at either side by legs9, ll), of a bifurcated bracket arm H. The clamping bolt 12 providedwith a wing-nut l3 extends transversely through the slotted registeringportions of the legs 9, l and through the slot 8 whereby the bracket armmay be set at any elevation within the limit of movement afforded by theslot 8, and may be advanced or retracted, and may also, if desired, betilted. The resilience of the legs 9 and I0 is such that when thewing-nut I3 is tightened on bolt l2, a very satisfactorily rigidpositioning of the bracket 3 Claims. (Cl. 29-284) arm H in the desiredadjustment on the standard 1 is secured.

At the end of the bracket arm H are screws I 4 which hold to the bracketarm a combination gauge and slide member l5, which may conventionally bemade of angle iron, having at IS an upstanding flange receivable intothe inverted channel of the cap strip H, as shown in Figure 3. Thehorizontal flange [8 of the gauge and slide member l5 may be providedwith keyhole slots at l9 to receive the screws ll, thereby facilitatingthe application and removal of the gauge and slide member l5.

If desired, the gauge and slide member may comprise the unit shown inFig. 4 at l5 where the bar I8 is provided at lo 'nally spaced pointswith the gauge and guide disks 16' which take the place of the flange ISin rolling within the channel of the cap strip l1. Device l5 may be madeapplicable to the bracket arm II in the same manner above suggested,through the use of screws l4 and keyhole slots l9.

For convenience of use, the gauge and slide member should not comprise amere point but should be elongated, as the cap strip is somewhatflexible and will bend away from the wall surface unless it is notmerely supported at a given level but is also urged toward the wallsurface. The elongated flange l6 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 andthe longitudinally spaced disks l6 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 4perform this function. In use, a portion of the cap strip supported bythe combination gauge and slide member is applied to the wall and,thereupon, the gauge and slide member is slid along the wall withoutdisengaging it from the cap strip, the displacement being suflicient toenable the operator to make a, further connection of the cap strip tothe wall. The gauge and slide member may be advanced as fast as theoperator works and by keeping the cap strip not merely supported butalso maintaining it in alignment ahead of the operator, the work isgreatly expedited.

When the operator is through with the clevice it may readily bedismantled, the keyhole slots permitting the removal of the slide memberunitarily from the bracket arm. Similarly, the removal of the wing-nutfrom the bolt used in the assembly of the device permits the bracket armto be withdrawn from the standard I. To remove the standard I from thebase 5, it is only necessary to overcome the friction holding the partstogether. The separate parts may be approximately of the same length andthickness 3 for convenient disposition in transportation and storage.

I claim:

wardthe wall, and a gauge and slide member .lnoiinted at the end of thearm and extending transversely thereof and longitudinally of thecap-strip and having upstanding means'suificiently thin to entertheb'ad-stfibthahhel and providing cap-strip support at least at twopoints spaced longitudinally of the cap-strip at opposite sides of thearm, said means being slidable within the channel and'ihterlocked withsaid cap-strip when in use to be guided thereby as the cap-strip issecured to t wall behind the progressively advanced devic;

2. The devic of claim 1 in which said upstanding means comprises anangle with one flange attached to the arm and another flange upstandingand having a; face engageable with the cap-strip face and an edge'portion receivable into said channel.

3. The device of claim 1 in which upstanding means comprises rollersspaced longitudinally of said member and rotatably mounted thereon in acommon plane, said rollers having thin edge portions aligned to bereceivable into said chan nel.

WALLACE S. SALISBURY.

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